Storage garage



May 5, 1931. J. w. HENDERSON STORAGE GARAGE Filed Dc.-

HWQIIJ f/. 127- James Alf/endanger? ATTORNEY May 5, 1931. J, w. HENDERSON f 1,804,338'

STORAGE GARAGE y Filed Dec. 21. 1929 3' sheets-sheet 2A Ja mes M/e/faerson INVENTOR ATTORNIV May 5, 193k J, w. HENDERSON 1,804,338

STORAGE GARAGE Filed Decv. 21. 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented May s, 1931` JAMES W'. HENDERSON, 0F NIAGARA. FALLS, NE'WVYBK STORAGE GARAGE Application led December 2,1, 1929. Serial No. 415,808.

This invention relates to a garage for storing motor vehicles, the general object of the invention being to provide means whereby the maximum number of vehicles can be stored in the minimum amount of space and to provide means wherebythe vehicles are moved oil of the elevators and on to the elevators under. the action of gravity.

Another object of the invention is to provide runways and ramps for facilitating the running of the vehicles to. and from the elevators without causing congestion at the elevators.

This invention also consists in kcertain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the arage.

Figure 2 is asection on line 2-2 of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a section on line 3-8 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional detail view showing a portion of an elevator and one of the stalls with the vehicle arranged in the stall.

Figure 5 is a similar view but showing the parts in a position for vpermitting a car to run from the elevator into a stall.

Figure 6 is a detail plan view showing the operating means for the tilting member in 40 the elevator.

Figure 7 is a plan view showing the operating means for the parts in a stall.

In the drawings, the building is indicated at A and said building is constructed with l vertical rows of stalls B and two rows of elevator shafts C and D. The shafts C are arranged between the stalls `at one end of the building and between the stalls arranged adjacent the center of the building while the shafts D are arranged between the stalls at the other end of the building and the second set of centrally arranged stalls so that the vehicles can be delivered to a air of stalls from the elevators in one set o elevators.A

The drawings show each set of shafts as four in number but ity will, of course, be understood that the number of elevator shafts used in each set will depend upon the size of building used. An elevator E is arranged in each shaft, these shafts being of the usual or any desired construction, except that they have a pair of pivoted members 1 in each elevator, each member supporting a vehicle so that each elevator will accommodate two vehicles. Each member l is pivotally supported at its side, as shown at 2, so that it can tilt in two directions. Under each member 1 is located a pair of wedges 3 connected together by a rod 4, the wedges being located one at each side of the pivotal point and operating in guideways 5 on the floor of the elevator. A roller 6 is supported at each .sideof a pivotal point of the member 1 by said member and the parts are so arranged that when one wedge is moved into engagement with aroller the other wedge .moves out of engagement with each roller so that the member or platform' r1 will be tilted by that wedge which engages its roller, as shown in Figure 5. n t V When the wedges are moved to ak neutral position, as shown in Figure 4, the platform or member 1 will be held in a horizontal po- `sition. The wedge members aremoved b means of a lever 7 attached to a crank sha 85 8 rotatably supported from the ioor of the elevator, with its crank connected to one of the Ywedges by. a link 9. Thus'the elevator operator by manipulating the lever 7 can;

move the wedges from a neutral position, as 9 shown in Figure 4, in either direction to tilt the platform or member 1 in either direction.

Each stall is provided with a pair of tracks 10, each track receiving the wheels of a vehicle and these tracks slope towards the ele. vator shaft but at a less angle than the member 1 assumes when in a tilted position, so that when said member 1 is tilted gravity will cause a vehicle to run off the same and up the track- 10. As the Ivehicle runs up the track 10, a pair of its wheels will strike the members 11, thus rocking a shaft 12 to which the members are connected and this movement of the shaft will move a pair of wedges 13 under the hinged chocks 14 and thus raise the chocks into engagement with the other pair of wheels of the vehicle so that the vehicle is held against movement on the track. The wedges 13 are connected with the crank member 15 on 'the shaft 12 by the .nks 16. A

rod 1'? connects the two wedges tsgether. A'

lever 18 connected to a 19 which is connected to the crank member 15 by a link 20, o that the eievator conductor by n 'i this lever 18 can move the parts to po ion where. the wedges 13 will move from under the checks 14 and thus release the vehicle and permit it to run upon the platform 1 on the elevator. 0f course, before the checks are released the platform 1 should he moved into horizontal position and its upper edge brou ht into alignment with l the adiacent edge o the track 10, by loweringlthe elevator slightly so that the vehicle wi run oi the track 10 by gravity and upon the niatform. It wiil, of course, be understood that if a vehicle is to be placed in a stall or removed from said stall on the left side of the elevator, the platform 1 should be' tilted in an opposite direction from that shown in Figure 5.

' A loading floor 21 is provided for the ele vators'in the shafts C and the vehicles are run upon this floor up a ramp 22 fromthe street and from this Hoor the vehicles will run upon the elevators in the shafts The cars unloading from the elevators in the shafts C are run down a ramp 23 vonto the basement floor 24, the vehicles passing under the elevators in the shafts D, under the loading floor 21 for said elevators in the shafts D. The cars are then run up the ramps 25 to the street. Between the ramps 22 are arranged the downwardly sloping ramps 26, which lead the vehicles upon that part of the basement floor 24 which is located under the floor 21 and the elevators in the shafts C. These cars are then run up the ramps 27 on to the elevators in the shafts D. The cars unloading from the elevators and shafts D are run upon the floor 21 and then down the ramps 28 upon the street.

As shown in Figure 2, the ramps 22 are provided with divergent curved walls 281 which serve to form wide spaces at the inner portions of the ramps for enabling the cars to reach any desired elevator in the set C from the floor 21 and the ramps 23, 27 and 25 and 28 are also formed with portions of their side walls curved to increase the surfaces over which the cars pass. Thus the maximum amount of room or space is provided for the cars passing to and from the elevators.V

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a garage in which the cars enter the same from one side thereof and leave the garage from the opposite side. The cars are loaded on one set of elevators from an upper level and the cars to be loaded on the other set of elevators are run down to a lower level and then up an inclined ramp to the second set of elevators. The cars from the rst set of elevators are run ie-Wn ram s to the lower level and then up ramps to t e street while the ears unloading from the second set of elevators are runupon a high level and then down ram 'to the street. The cars are run olf the e evators into the stalls and from the stalls on to the elevators under the action of gravity and the elevator conductors control the movements of the cars olf and on the elevators.

It is thought from the foregoin description that the advantags and nove features of the invention will readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims. f

Having described the invention, what I claim is 1. A garage of the class described comprising a plurality of stalls arranged in ver# tical rows, elevators for conveying the cars to and from the stalls, said elevators being arranged in a number of sets, a loadin floor for one set of elevators, upwardly oping ramps for said floor, downwardly sloping ramps for leadin the cars from the elevators of said set, an e evator unloading floor for the other set of elevators, downwardly sloping ramps for saidunloading floor, passages under the second set of elevators and the unloading floor through which the cars coming from the first set of elevators pass, upwardly sloping ramps for the cars leaving the passages, passages under the first set of elevators and the loading floor, downward-l ly sloping ramps for said passages, and upwardly sloping ramps for ieadlng the cars from the last mentioned passages to the second set of elevators.

2. In a garage f the class described, a series of stalls arranged one above the other, an elevator for conveying cars to and from the stalls, a pivoted platform on the elevator upon which a car rests, a stationary7 inclined A track in each stall, said track being of a lll) less incline than the platform assumes when the same is tilted, manually operated means for tilting the platform whereby a car thereon will roll from the same up the inclined track, automatic chock means for 'holding the car i on the track, and manually operated means for releasing the chock means to permit the car to roll from the track on to the platform after the platform has been moved to horizontal position.

3. In a garage of the class described, an elevator, a platform thereon tiltably supported at the center, wedge members slidably arran d on the oor of the elevator under the p atform, rollers on the under side of the platform, means for moving the wedge members into engagement with the rollers to tilt the platform in one direction or the other, said wedge members when in a central position zontal position.

4. In a garage of the class described, a stall for receiving a vehicle, a stationary inclined track in said stall, hin ed chock members for engaging a pair o wheels of the vehicle when the same are raised, slidable members for moving the chocks to operative position, means adapted to be engaged by the other air of wheels ofthe vehicle for moving said members into engagement with the chock members to raise the same, and manually operated means for returning the parts to releasing position.

5. A garage of the class described comprising transverse rows of elevator shafts elevators in said shafts, vertical rows of stalls on each side of each row of shafts, stationary inclined tracks in the stalls sloping downwardly towards the shafts, platforms in the elevators supported for tilting movement about their centers, each platform when in tilted position being at a greater angle than a track whereby a vehicle will roll by gravity from the platform on to the track, chock means for holding a vehicle on each track, means operated by a vehicle rolling upon the track to move the chock means to holding position, manually operated means for movmg the chock means to releasing position whereby a vehicle will roll from the track uponthe platform, and manually operated means for moving a platform from a horizontal position to a tilted position in one direction or the other.

.6. A garage of the class described comprising anumber of transverse rows of elevator shafts, elevators in said shafts, vertically arranged rows of stalls on each side of each row of shafts, a loadin floor for the elevators of one row, upwar ly extending ramps for permitting vehicles to be run upon said floor, passages under the said floor and the shafts of said row, downwardly sloping ramps leading to said passages, upwardly leading from. the said pasextending ramps holding the platform in a horiy sa es to the elevators of the second row, an un oading floor for the second set of eleva.- tors, passages under the elevators of the second set and under said oor, downwardly sloping ramps leading from the first set of elevators to the last mentioned passages, upwardly extending ramps leading from t e said passages to a street, and downwardly loping ramps leading from the unloading oor.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

JAMES W. HENDERSON. 

